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Æthelred the Unready: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Æthelstan shown in a manuscript dated to before 1399 (Photo by incamerastock/Alamy Stock Photo)

Æthelstan: why is writing a biography of one of England's greatest kings so difficult?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Jacq Barnard.

My life in historyProject manager at the Sutton Hoo's Ship's Company. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An image of Aethelstan

Æthelstan and the foundation of England: your guide to the 'first king of the English'

Leo Suter as Harald Sigurdsson in season 3 of Vikings: Valhalla

Vikings: Valhalla ending explained: here’s what would have happened in season 4, according to history

Laura Berlin as Emma of Normandy in season 3 of Vikings: Valhalla

Emma of Normandy: not just a two-time queen consort of England

Beowulf: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cumbria: the forgotten Anglo-Saxon kingdom. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastAnglo-Saxon kingdoms: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Harold Godwinson: the story of the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

My history heroEd Davey chooses Æthelstan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastLife of the week: Æthelflæd. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Life of the week: Æthelflæd. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo inside Winchester Cathedral looking up towards the arches. Just underneath an arch, there is a dark brown inscribed box.

The bone chests of Winchester: an Anglo-Saxon detective story. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Miniature of Ecgfrith, king of the English, along with his bishop Trumwine, visiting Cuthbert at Lindisfarne

How the Kingdom of Northumbria changed Anglo-Saxon England

Secrets of the Anglo-Saxon bone chests. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of King Arthur's coronation, from the 13th-century Flores Historiarum

Was King Arthur real? Discover the legend of the 'once and future king'

King Arthur and his knights return to Camelot (Photo by: Christophel Fine Art/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Q&AWhere was Camelot?

5 things you should know about Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stained glass in Exeter Cathedral depicting King Æthelstan. (Dreamstime)

The astonishing Æthelstan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A memorial tomb to King Æthelstan, in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire. (Photo by Geography Photos/UIG via Getty Images)

If King Alfred was great, was Æthelstan even greater?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ewan Horrocks as Aelfweard and Adrian Schiller as Aethelhelm in The Last Kingdom season 5

Ælfweard and Æthelstan: were they rivals for the throne of Wessex?

Picture of Throrolf slaying Earl Hring

The battle of Brunanburh: the forgotten fight that changed British history

A bloodied Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Seven Kings Must Die

Seven Kings Must Die ending explained: what next for England?

Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Seven Kings Must Die

Seven Kings Must Die: the real history behind the Last Kingdom movie

Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred of Bebbanburg in Seven Kings Must Die

Seven Kings Must DieWhat to expect from the Last Kingdom movie

Sæberht of Essex, who oversaw the building of London’s original church of St Paul’s (Photo by The Picture Art Collection / Alamy Stock Photo)

How to survive the Dark Ages in Britain: 6 crucial tips. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This statue of Alfred the Great stands in Winchester, the former 'capital' of his kingdom (Photo by TonyBaggett via Getty Images)

What if...Alfred the Great lost to the Vikings at the battle of Edington?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stained glass in Exeter Cathedral depicting King Æthelstan. (Dreamstime)

VideoMichael Wood on the astonishing Æthelstan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.